§1 Plant
Carex bushii Mack.
vernacular Bush's sedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Carex
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 356 counties across 28 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -23 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 145 min.
- Precipitation
- 36–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.8–7.5
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 356 counties across 28 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- Douglas 17041
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- McDonough 17109
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Cherokee 20021
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Crawford 20037
- Douglas 20045
- Franklin 20059
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Lyon 20111
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Republic 20157
- Saline 20169
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 69 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clinton 29049
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Grundy 29079
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Scotland 29199
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 15 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Union 42119
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Tennessee view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Austin 48015
- Bastrop 48021
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Colorado 48089
- Cooke 48097
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Fayette 48149
- Fort Bend 48157
- Franklin 48159
- Freestone 48161
- Grimes 48185
- Hopkins 48223
- Houston 48225
- Kaufman 48257
- Lamar 48277
- Lee 48287
- Madison 48313
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Newton 48351
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- San Jacinto 48407
- Titus 48449
- Van Zandt 48467
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
- Wood 48499
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 18 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CABU5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2726467 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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